Look before you leap There is a proverb which is “Every man for himself‚ and the devil takes the hindmost.” It totally reflects the human nature. As a matter of fact‚ Human beings are selfish when they are born. To begin with‚ doing something to harm people but gain benefits to oneself is the most ordinary behavior of selfish. To your curiosity‚ you may want to know what benefits can prompt them to harm people. Obviously‚ money is not an isolated example. In accordance with the monstrous news
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A Closer Look on being a Fan Boy/Girl You’ve probably heard the word ‘fan girl’ before. You’ve probably even dropped it in one of your conversation or even read it when you were surfing the net. But what exactly does the word ‘fan girl’ mean? What does it mean to be a fan girl? A fan girl‚ according to dictionary.reference.com‚ is a person obsessed with any other single subject or hobby – it may be an actor or a fictional character. It is a person who has a compulsive dedication to a music
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“That Lean and Hungry Look” – Suzanne Britt Jordan Julius Caesar stated “Yon Cassius has a lean and hungry look‚ he thinks too much; such men are dangerous.” Cassius’ “lean and hungry look” unsettled Julius Caesar‚ who preferred the company of fat‚ contented men whom he believed were more trustworthy and appreciative. When we think of heavier people‚ we think that they are nice because they have nothing to be mean about and typical thin people will be stuck up and rude to the heavier person because
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the people. In the manipulative and calculative rat race‚ principles were relegated and human concerns sidelined. People in such a situation‚ in response to the misery and atrocities around turned a detached observer as echoed in the title “I Sit and Look Out”. The verb in the title ‘sit’ and its capitalization in the first line –is an attempt to underline the action of the onlooker. It implies that the speaker is idle and has not intention to do anything about the situation. Also‚ the idea of looking
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Aristotle is praised for naming fortitude‚ First of the cardinal virtues as that without which no other virtue can steadily be practiced; but he might‚ with equal propriety have placed prudence and justice before it. Since without prudence fortitude is mad; without justice it is dangerous. Only a fool or a suicide will jump into a river without making sure about the depths‚ eddies and whirlpools. And even there no one tests the depth of a river with both feet. Rashness has been unhappy parent of
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If‚ ‘I Hear America Singing’ depicts a brighter and more up-beat society; ‘I Sit and Look Out’ describes a dark‚ sad‚ corrupted‚ sorrowful world. Walt Whitman uses sad words describing emotion and just all sorts of corruption imaginable. In this sense the entire poem is a poignant criticism of life‚ with the speaker acting as a detached observer‚ finally leaving it upon the reader to react and judge against the malady of life that the poet shows within the framework of just ten lines. To begin
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Zach Moon Professor Fulmar February 16‚ 2015 English 1101 You Don’t Look Indian The short story “You Don’t Look Indian” is a story of a man who is Indian but throughout his life he is told he isn’t. The reason people don’t believe him is because of his pale skin‚ blue eyes‚ and dark hair. Even the Indians that he was around were thought of to be Mexican. This is due to the ignorance of
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A Look Inside a Hard Discounter When gas prices soar‚ most consumers have to reduce their spending on other things. If they could buy a $3.50 box of cereal for $1.39 or a $2.99 package of tomatoes for $0.99‚ and get the same or better quality‚ the supermarket might be the easiest place to start for frugal consumers. Some consumers don’t have the skill to evaluate products of different prices‚ simply choosing higher-priced items on the assumption that higher price means higher quality. Other households
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A Hard Look at Soft Skills In today’s job market‚ employers are not necessarily looking at the most skilled person. If a perfectly skilled job candidate were to come in for an interview and had absolutely no soft skills‚ the employer may consider looking for some one else. It is completely personal. Soft skills are those nuances that make a person individually unique and stand out. These skills are all about how a person works with others‚ maintains a positive attitude under pressure‚ solves a
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A Historical Look into the “Ballad of Birmingham The “Ballad of Birmingham is a shocking poem that was written by Dudley Randall about a bombing of an African American church in Birmingham‚ Alabama in 1963. The bombing of the church was racially motivated and resulted in the death of four innocent African American girls and was the turning point in the United States 1960s Civil Rights Movement. In Dudley’s poem he has taken such a sad event and turned it into a poem showing the racially motivated
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